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Accidents, 1911

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Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--The 8-year-old son of Dr. Shepherd was drowned in the River Onkaparinga, near Mylor, yesterday…

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Another Mining Fatality

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 2

Another fatal mining accident is reported from Western Australia. Two men, R. Wilsdon and Vapiopolus, were drilling a hole in a rise in the Gladsome Mine at Cometvale…

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The Collie Mining Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

The Government Analyst has taken samples of the air in the Wallsend mine, Collie, in which T. R. Baird and G. Hann recently lost their lives through inhaling four air. At…

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Tramway Accident. Three People Injured. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

A tramway accident occurred on the Milton-road this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Todd, and Frederick Moles, were driving in a trap which they were overtaken by a car, which crashed…

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Fire-fighter Injured

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 5

This afternoon John Malvern, a fireman at Paddington Station, was passing from one of the stalls to another when he was kicked and severely injured by a horse. He was…

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A Boy Drowned. Narrandera

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 5

Cecil Dale, aged 12, the only son or Charles Dale, was accidentally drowned in the Murrumbldgee River yesterday afternoon while paddling with two companions…

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Collision at the Heads. Steamer and a Ketch

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 9

A slight collision occurred between Sydney Heads shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The steamer Romford was proceeding to sea, bound for Las Palmas, and when between…

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Tram and Sulky Collide Six Persons Injured. Horse Swerves Across Rails

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 7

BRISBANE. Sunday.--An exciting collision between a tramcar and a sulky occurred on Milton-road this afternoon. Fred Moles, employed by the Brisbane Tramway Company,…

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The Flying Men. More Accidents

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—While Captain Burke of the Army Air Corps, at Aldershot. was making an ascent, the rudder of his machine, a Farman biplane snapped and he…

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Mining Accidents. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

At the Kalgurll mine, Jus, C. Baldock, employed underground fell 200ft down the shaft, and met an instant death. The deceased was lowered with other men to the 1850 ft level,…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

The death occurred at the NeWcastle Hospital yesterday morning of David Gilmore, aged 21, lately living in Hamilton, who was injured when attempting to board a moving…

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Mining Accidents. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 6

The fatal accidents on the mines for the year 1910 totalled 17, in addition to two on De Bavay plant. Of this 17 only seven were caused by falls of ground. The total…

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Tramway Accident. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 6

An engine, on the front of which two men were riding on a bush tramline at Mangapehi, collided with a truck. One man, Peter Joyce, was killed, and the other man, Fred Morton,…

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A Tragic New Year. Son Accidentally Shot by His Father

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--At Swanreach, on the River Murray, on New Year's Day. J. Brown accidentally shot his son, Frank, through the forehead, and killed him instantly. The father…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Lysol Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

Mrs. Fanny Christie, of Beaumont-street, Chippendale, was taken from her home to Prince Alfred Hospital by the Civil Ambulance early, yesterday morning, She was suffering from…

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Found Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 5

About 3.30 this afternoon William Curran found a body floating in an artificial lake in the Centennial Park. The body was that of a woman of 40 years, and also in black…

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Little Girl Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 8

MOREE, Monday.--Amelia May Bailey, 11½years of ago, a daughter of James Bailey, boundary rider at Gurley Station, was drowned yesterday afternoon in a station paddock tank…

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Internally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 8

George Fitzpatrick (16), a resident of May-street. St. Peters, fell from a cart in Missenden-road, yesterday. A wheel passed over him, and he was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred…

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Miner Drowned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 8

George Shaw, a miner employed at West Collie, was knocked off the railway bridge into the Collie River by a train arriving on Saturday night. After two hours dragging…

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Drowned in Quarry Hole

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Joseph Graham (8), living with his parents at Albert-road, West Footscray, was Ashing with his brother in a quarry hole to-day, when be slipped into the…

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